Dr. Victoria Clark

The author is a Doctor of Political Science and International Relations and a freelance political analyst.

Kazakhstan’s President Tokayev Toes the Line Between Sanctions Compliance and Peace With Russia

On Sept. 28, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was in Germany for bilateral consultations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Tokayev also participated in a Berlin-organized...

Kazakhstan’s Bold New Economic Plan Can Enhance its Regional Role

In his recent state-of-the-nation address titled "Economic Course of a Just Kazakhstan," President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev laid out an ambitious and nuanced roadmap for the...

Kazakhstan Makes Clear That Integration Within the Eurasian Economic Union is Strictly About Economy

This week, Russia hosted a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an economic union which comprises Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz...

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The Map Isn’t the War: The Slow Arithmetic Deciding Ukraine

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Is Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s ‘Policy Summit 2026’ the Blueprint Bangladesh Has Been Waiting For?

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In Icy Greenland, the Jungle Grows Back

In icy Greenland, great-power politics thaw old colonial instincts. As Washington talks force, Nuuk answers identity: not American, not Danish—Greenlandic. The Arctic’s “trillion-dollar ocean” risks reviving the law of the jungle.

Maduro’s Capture: The Rise of Might-Makes-Right International Order?

Maduro’s capture signals a grim shift: power over law. From Venezuela to Gaza and Ukraine, force is normalised, sovereignty erodes, and multilateral institutions hollow out—ushering a dangerous might-makes-right world order.

The Russian Far East and China: Turning a Resource Periphery into a Gateway for Growth

Sanctions revived Russia’s Far East as a pivot to Asia, but China ties remain extractive. Without diversification—energy, digital, tourism—the region risks staying a resource periphery, not a Northeast Asian gateway.